MPs will get vote in March on extending article 50 if no deal agreed, May announces

May says she wants to make three further commitments.

First, she will hold a “meaningful vote” on a deal by Tuesday 12 March.

Second, if the government does not win that vote, it will table a motion to be voted on by 13 March at the latest asking MPs if they approve leaving the EU with no deal.

Third, if MPs reject leaving with no deal in that vote, she will give them a vote on 14 March on whether parliament wants a short, limited extension to article 50. If MPs pass that motion, the government will seek to get that extension.

She says she is making those commitments as PM, and she will stick with them as she has previous commitments.

May says she does not want to extend article 50. And if it had to be extended beyond the end of June, the UK would need to take part in the European elections. What sort of signal to voters would that send, she asks.

And she says any extension would almost certainly be a one-off, because otherwise the UK would have to take part in the European elections.

And she says this means extending article 50 would create an even sharper cliff edge.

May says she had a number of positive meetings at the EU-Arab summit. And she has spoken to the leaders of all EU states.

She says both sides have agreed to review progress in the coming days.

She says a joint work stream will consider the border in Northern Ireland. This will work in parallel with the talks on the future relationship.

She says the EU has agreed to give priority to this work. Further details will be announced before the meaningful vote.

And she says it will examine ideas from around the world, as well as from MPs. The civil service will help work on this idea.

May tells MPs the UK and the EU are still seriously working on alternative procedures for the Northern Irish border. This is intended to reassure Brexiters who think the Malthouse compromise provides a solution to the backstop issue.

Understand PM will make 3 ‘further commitments’ today - meaningful vote by Mar 12th , if that falls vote on 13th on whether Commons would support leaving with no deal , third, if MPs reject no deal, there will be vote on extending

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